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|    BOB BREED to BOB KLAHN    |
|    Re: The Draft    |
|    18 Mar 12 09:42:00    |
      ...                      BB> But does it have to be under the umbrella of the military?        BB> That is you must go into the military, and THEY decide        BB> what you do, that is they say the handicapped go count        BB> penguins.               BK> Or operate radios? Or fly drones? Or be clerks? Or monitor        BK> security systems?              Yeah, I guess if ya dig around you can find a job for anyone except the really       severly handicapped.               BK> Hell, a lot of handicaps don't preclude sitting in a window of a        BK> security position and shooting people climbing over the fence.               BB> Not in favor of that one - however I feel you should do        BB> something, and the best director may not be the military.        BB> Fine point, but a very important one to me. (Being ex-Navy        BB> during the K war, I've seen the military in action - still        BB> have bad dreams when I recall the way decisions were made.)        BB> :)               BK> We, the unwilling, led by the incompetent, to do the        BK> unnecessary, for the ungrateful.               BK> Old military saying.              And too true. :)               BB> Then ya have to decide about the gals - and that's the real        BB> killer IMO.               BK> That's the incentive for the men to serve without fighting it.               BK> OTOH, they can kill people too. It's their right!              Yeah, read the headlines about gals killing their husbands. :)                                                  --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49        * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 And Still Here. Join Us: www.DocsPl (1:123/140)    |
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